Irish Witchcraft and Demonology

CHAPTER I Some Remarks on Witchcraft in Ireland CHAPTER II A.D. 1324 -- Dame Alice Kyteler, the Sorceress of Kilkenny CHAPTER III A.D. 1223-1583 -- The Kyteler Case and Its Surroundings of Sorcery and Heresy—Michael Scot—The Fourth Earl of Desmond—James I and the Irish Prophetess—A Sorcery Accusation of 1447—Witchcraft Trials in the Sixteenth Century—Statues Dealing with the Subject—Eye-biters—The Enchanted Earl of Desmond CHAPTER IV A.D. 1606-1656 -- A Clerical Wizard—Witchcraft Cured by a Relic—Raising the Devil in Ireland—How He Was Created by a Doctor of Divinity—Stewart and the Fairies—Rev. Robert Blair and the Man Possessed with a Devil—Strange Occurences Near Limerick—Apparitions of Murdered People at Portadown—Charmed Lives—Visions and Portents—Petition of a Bewitched Antrim Man in England—Archbishop Usher's Prophecies—Mr. Browne and the Locked Chest CHAPTER V A.D. 1661 -- Florence Newton, the Witch of Youghal CHAPTER VI A.D. 1662-1686 -- The Devil at Damerville—And at Ballinagarde—Taverner and Haddock's Ghost—Hunter and the Ghostly Old Woman—A Witch Rescued by the Devil—Dr. Williams and the Haunted House in Dublin—Apparitions Seen in the Air in Co. Tipperary—A Clergyman and His Wife Bewitched to Death—Bewitching of Mr. Moor—The Fairy-possessed Butler—A Ghost Instigates a Prosecution—Supposed Witchcraft in Co. Clark—The Devil Among the Quakers CHAPTER VII A.D. 1688 -- An Irish-American Witch CHAPTER VIII A.D. 1689-1720 -- Portent on Entry of James II—Witchcraft in Co. Antrim—Traditional Version of the Same—Events Preceding the Island-Magee Witch-trial—The Trial Itself—Dr. Francis Hutchinson CHAPTER IX A.D. 1807 to Present Day -- Mary Butters, the Carnmoney Witch—Ballad on Her—The Hand of Glory—A Journey Through the Air—A "Witch" in 1911—Some Modern Illustrations of Cattle- and Milk-magic—Transference of Disease by a Cailleach—Burying the Sheaf—J.P.'s Commission—Conclusion Endnotes Index